Ecuador's Top 2% Scientists 2023: Career-Long List
Ecuador has 16 scientists on the 2023 career-long Top 2% list, up 14.3% from 14 in 2022. That places Ecuador 88th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universidad San Francisco de Quito has the most listed scientists (5), followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (2).
Scientists in Ecuador on the list, by year
The career-long count has more than doubled since 2020.
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| Year | Single Year | Change | Career Data | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 14 | 7 | ||
| 2021 | 19 | +35.7% | 13 | +85.7% |
| 2022 | 17 | -10.5% | 14 | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 21 | +23.5% | 16 | +14.3% |
| 2024 | 25 | +19.0% | 21 | +31.2% |
| 2025 | 30 | +20.0% | 24 | +14.3% |
Top 10 institutes in Ecuador
By number of listed scientists
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- 1Universidad San Francisco de Quito5
- 2Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador2
- 3Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral Ecuador1
- 4Fundación EcoMinga1
- 5Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil1
- 6Universidad de las Americas - Ecuador1
- 7Universidad del Azuay1
- 8Universidad Espíritu Santo1
- 9Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena1
- 10Universidad Internacional del Ecuador1
All 16 scientists
| Rank in Ecuador | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
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| 1 | 19,501 | Universidad Espíritu Santo | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 1,555 | |
| 2 | 26,920 |
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Fundación EcoMinga | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 257 |
| 3 | 53,868 | Universidad Internacional del Ecuador | Tropical Medicine | Rank 96 | |
| 4 | 62,241 |
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Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 635 |
| 5 | 101,264 | Universidad del Azuay | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 4,044 | |
| 6 | 160,123 | Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena | Dairy & Animal Science | Rank 478 | |
| 7 | 163,688 | Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Food Science | Rank 865 | |
| 8 | 164,974 | Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | Rank 1,630 | |
| 9 | 166,874 | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador | Zoology | Rank 74 | |
| 10 | 214,099 | Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 882 | |
| 11 | 299,929 | Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral Ecuador | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 6,099 | |
| 12 | 352,409 | Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Zoology | Rank 270 | |
| 13 | 368,420 | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador | Zoology | Rank 285 | |
| 14 | 426,897 | Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja | Applied Physics | Rank 12,812 | |
| 15 | 523,697 | Universidad de las Americas - Ecuador | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Rank 2,028 | |
| 16 | 617,156 | Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Civil Engineering | Rank 1,745 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Ecuador are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?
21 scientists affiliated with Ecuador are on the 2023 single-year list, and 16 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Ecuador has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2023 career-long list, Universidad San Francisco de Quito has the most listed scientists from Ecuador, with 5. It is followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador with 2.
How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Ecuador changed since 2020?
On the career-long list, Ecuador went from 7 scientists in 2020 to 16 in 2023, a change of +128.6%.
What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?
The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.
What is the official source of this data?
The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.